Characteristics of Female Perpetrators Who Exploit Elderly
- Has some caregiving relationship to elderly person
Instills sense of helplessness and dependency
Isolates the elderly person from family members and other social contacts
Presents herself as protector of the elderly victim while isolating them from others
Enhances inadequacy and diminished self-worth in victim, making him or her more
vulnerable
Often has history of multiple unstable relationships
Often falsifies credentials or embellishes personal power, role, or position
Opportunistic
Psychologically dysfunctional
Predatory
Antisocial with little regard for rights of others
Methodically identifies victims and establishes power and total control over them
Gains control of assets through deceit, intimidation, and psychological abuse
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